MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F129.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F129.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 129 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 34.60,-98.50 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 120 SFC 973 363 33.6 12.3 27 21.3 19.5 41 9 309.2 310.9 293.7 337.4 9.26 2 950 575 30.2 11.0 31 19.1 17.8 37 10 307.8 309.4 292.9 334.3 8.73 3 900 1054 25.4 10.1 38 15.3 15.7 32 11 307.7 309.3 292.8 333.9 8.64 4 850 1552 20.6 9.1 47 11.6 13.4 26 11 307.7 309.3 292.7 333.7 8.53 5 800 2071 15.7 8.0 60 7.7 10.9 23 10 307.9 309.4 292.6 333.5 8.42 6 750 2615 10.5 6.6 77 3.9 8.2 20 11 308.0 309.5 292.5 333.0 8.21 7 700 3185 5.4 4.0 91 1.4 4.6 17 11 308.4 309.8 291.9 330.8 7.30 8 650 3789 5.4 -19.2 15 24.6 -3.3 9 15 315.1 315.3 288.5 319.4 1.28 9 600 4439 2.3 -26.6 10 28.9 -6.2 347 14 318.8 319.0 289.2 321.4 0.72 10 550 5136 -1.6 -31.2 8 29.6 -9.3 329 14 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.1 0.51 11 500 5886 -6.6 -36.2 7 29.6 -13.1 319 16 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.2 0.35 12 450 6700 -11.8 -42.2 6 30.4 -17.1 311 19 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.21 13 400 7591 -18.1 -32.8 26 14.8 -21.1 302 25 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.7 0.60 14 350 8573 -25.2 -43.4 17 18.1 -27.6 292 34 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.7 0.24 15 300 9675 -32.6 -56.2 8 23.6 -34.3 302 43 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.7 0.06 16 250 10936 -41.6 -45.2 68 3.6 -41.8 298 72 344.3 344.3 295.6 345.4 0.27 17 200 12406 -54.1 -56.7 73 2.6 -54.2 305 71 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.5 0.09 18 150 14216 -62.2 -78.3 10 16.1 -62.4 296 42 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16648 -70.4 -82.4 15 12.0 -70.5 312 25 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.54 m Freezing level: 570.19 mb = 4854.13 m = 15925.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.99 mb = 3529.95 m = 11581.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.40 % Est. max temperature: 32.26 C = 90.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.67 mb = 3013.52 m = 9886.74 ft T: 6.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.45 C/km ThetaE index: 18.03 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.57 mb = 3026.23 m = 9928.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.78 C = 91.01 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: 2.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: 2.88 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 15.70 C K Index: 34.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.08 mb = 2974.24 m = 9757.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.08 mb = 3148.71 m = 10330.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 683.08 mb = 3384.41 m = 11103.56 ft B at Equ Level: 6.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 663.08 mb = 3626.58 m = 11898.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 357.4 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 27.4 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -170.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: -1.7 tot: -1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 8.94 m/s